Past Events

ICES will host a workshop on cod first week of October at the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute in Gdynia, Poland.

More information forthcoming. 

European Parliament first meeting of the combined portfolio of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

The PECH and the ENVI committee will jointly hear Karmenu Vella, the Commissioner-designate for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, on 29 September in Brussels.

The hearing begins with a short speech of the Commissioner-designate outlining the main priorities in his prospective portfolio and the initiatives he considers putting forward during his mandate. Following his introductory remarks, Mr Vella will reply to questions from Members. The committee evaluates the Commissioner-designate after the meeting and sends its evaluation to the Conference of Committee Chairs.

Links:

• Draft agenda

Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Coordination Group (MSCG) will host its 10^th meeting of the Working Group on Data, Information and Knowledge Exchange (WG DIKE).

The meeting will take place at the Conference Centre Albert Borschette, Room AB/0B, Rue Froissart 36, B-1040 Brussels.

Please see below for draft agenda. 

Agenda forthcoming.

The ASCOBANS Secretariat is pleased to announce that the 21^st Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee will be held from 29 September to 1 October 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the kind invitation of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. More info forthcoming.

The fishing sector, NGOs, national administrations, EU institutions and interested members of the public are invited to participate in a seminar and discussion on the status of European fish stocks and the economic situation of European fishing fleets. 

Presentations will be made by senior experts in fisheries biology concerning the Mediterranean and Black Seas, the northeast Atlantic and nearby waters, and a senior fisheries economist concerning the economic structure of the fishing vessels of the EU. 

A discussion on fisheries  management measures will also be held. The meeting will be chaired by Mrs. Lowri Evans, Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

More information including agenda and how to register can be found in the link below.

Links:

• Information, agenda and registration

The meeting may be postponed to 30th October 2014. More information forthcoming.

Herring symposium focusing on herring in the southern Baltic – mainly Sweden, Poland and Germany. The project seeks to improve the sustainable and holistic management of herring in the South Baltic Region.  

Links:

• Invitation

More info forthcoming.

Get to know your neighbor - Save the Baltic Sea together is organised by Östersjöfonden with the aim to increase collaboration between organisation in Sweden, Finland and Åland.

The workshop will take place in Mariehamn, Åland 22-23 September.

For more information please see attached document below.